eCut is a powerfull addon for CorelDraw and can be used for a lot of things like hot wire cutting, laser cutting or vinyl cutting. But CorelDraw is closed source. I try to find good alternatives using Inkscape. I did some quick comparisons for the listed functions from their website. Most things can be done with Inkscape too - some better, some worse, some different
eCut 6 | Inkscape equivalent | eCut 6 | Inkscape equivalent | eCut 6 | Inkscape equivalent |
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[Nesting] | [Search shapes] |
| [Replace] |
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[Cut/Plot + contour cutting] |
| [Create SignBox] |
| [Reference scale] | |
[Perimeter] |
| [Create lines] | [Create bridges] | ||
[Area] |
| [Create grid] | [Variable] | ||
[Cost] |
| [Create cropmarks] |
| [Hotwire cutting] |
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[Time] |
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| [Route optimizer] | |
[Weeding lines] | (no extension - lot of manual steps) | [Effects] |
| [Finger joint box] | |
[Multiply] |
| [Edge roll] | [Finger joint shape] | ||
[Rectangle nesting] | [Contour cutting file] |
| [Volume calculator] |
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[LEDs] |
| [Separate curve] | |||
[Neon] |
| [Remove duplicated edges] | |||
[Draft] |
| [Slice object] |
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[Central line] |
| [Eyelets] |
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[Smart divide] |
| [Create carrier (boundbox)] | |||
[Connect opened paths] | [Align and Distribute] |
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[Fillet] |
| [Set size] |
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[Find intersections] | [CAD functions] |
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[Find duplicates] |
| [DXF Export] |
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